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      24.0 kyr cal BP stone artefact from Vale da Pedra Furada, Piauí, Brazil: Techno-functional analysis

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          Current archaeological paradigm proposes that the first peopling of the Americas does not exceed the Last Glacial Maximum period. In this context, the acceptance of the anthropogenic character of the earliest stone artefacts generally rests on the presence of projectile points considered no more as typocentric but as typognomonic, since it allows, by itself, to certify the human character of the other associated artefacts. In other words, without this presence, nothing is certain. Archaeological research at Piauí (Brazil) attests to a Pleistocene human presence between 41 and 14 cal kyr BP, without any record of lithic projectile points. Here, we report the discovery and interpretation of an unusual stone artefact in the Vale da Pedra Furada site, in a context dating back to 24 cal kyr BP. The knapping stigmata and macroscopic use-wear traces reveal a conception centred on the configuration of double bevels and the production in the same specimen of at least two successive artefacts with probably different functions. This piece unambiguously presents an anthropic character and reveals a technical novelty during the Pleistocene occupation of South America.

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                PLoS ONE
                Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )
                1932-6203
                10 March 2021
                2021
                : 16
                : 3
                : e0247965
                Affiliations
                [1 ] ArScAn-Équipe AnTET, UMR 7041, CNRS, Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), Nanterre, France
                [2 ] Department of Anthropology, UFR SSA, Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), Nanterre, France
                [3 ] PPGArq-Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                [4 ] Institut français d’études andines (IFEA), Lima, Peru
                [5 ] LSCE/LAMPEA, UMR 8212, CNRS, CEA UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
                [6 ] IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR 5060, CNRS, Bordeaux Montaigne University, Pessac, France
                [7 ] Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra and TAQUACH, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
                [8 ] Archaeology of Social Dynamics (2017SGR995), CSIC-IMF, Barcelona, Spain
                [9 ] MAE–Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
                [10 ] Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Brazil
                [11 ] Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, Brazil
                [12 ] Instituto do Patrimonio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN), Piauí, Brazil
                [13 ] Archaeo: Pesquisas Arqueológicas, Cuiabá/MT, Brazil
                [14 ] Fundação Museu do Homem Americano (FUMDHAM), São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, Brazil
                [15 ] Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil
                [16 ] EDYTEM UMR 5204 CNRS, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
                [17 ] Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), , Sergipe, Brazil
                [18 ] Pontificia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GO), Instituto Goiano de Pré-História e Antropologia (IGPA), Goiânia, Brazil
                Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, ITALY
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                Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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                PONE-D-20-30569
                10.1371/journal.pone.0247965
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                © 2021 Boëda et al

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                : 30 September 2020
                : 16 February 2021
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                Figures: 13, Tables: 0, Pages: 27
                Funding
                Funded by: French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
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                Funding was provided by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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